Chapter 134 – Dungeon (9)
“Whoop… Whoop…”
Locke took a deep breath. The hand holding his sword trembled. He rolled his eyes and surveyed his surroundings.
Of the five members of the party, only three, including himself, survived. And seven dark-skinned orcs surrounding them.
It was a hopeless situation.
Still, Locke tried to come to his senses with his breath. Colleagues still remain. So far, I have overcome many crises with them. It’s just one of those crises.
“Humans, if you surrender, your life will be saved. Drop your weapons and kneel.”
The orc spoke in clumsy human language.
“Don’t be mean.”
Locke rejected the Orc’s invitation to surrender at once.
If you’re with your friends in crisis…
“Sah, save me!”
“I will do anything. Help me!”
…Uh?
Locke looked in bewilderment at his kneeling comrades.
“What are you guys doing! Get up quickly!”
“Lo, Locke, what are you doing? You say you’ll save me Hurry up and put down your weapon..!”
The bright spot in the party, Horian, said with a frightened expression. To think that her pompous and confident woman was like that… Locke, who liked her deep down, gritted her teeth.
“Only you are left. Drop your weapon Then it will save you.”
“Damn it…Don’t do it!!!”
Locke gripped his sword tightly and ran toward the orc in front of him. He dodged the orc’s blunt weapon and swung his sword across. The belly skin of the orc split.
Far from frowning in pain, the orc raised the corners of his mouth.
“I admit it. You are human, but you are a warrior.”
“What, bullshit!”
Locke screamed and tried to move on to the next attack. A sharp pain in his left hip prevented him from doing so. His back, which had been beaten with a blunt weapon, was muddy.
“I look forward to being born as our brother next time.”
After the orc’s words, Locke’s head jerked back with a dull sound. He fell helplessly to the floor.
It was an instant death due to his brain being distorted.
The orc slung Locke’s corpse over his shoulder. Although human, he is a recognized warrior. He could not leave the warrior’s body lying on the cold stone floor.
“Tokun Cop. Are you planning on burying him?”
“Okay. Warriors deserve respect.”
“Be careful not to get caught by the chieftain. If caught, you may be reprimanded. Rather, what about these people? Will you really save me?”
At the brother’s words, Tokunkap turned his gaze to the surviving humans.
“Low, Locke…”
“Heh… Heh…”
A girl shedding tears at the sight of a warrior man and a man shivering unsightly.
“Could it be? Kill.”
Things to become.
You don’t even have to be courteous.
“Uh, huh? What, why?! Said to save me! You said you would save me!!”
“Heh, heh!! Aaaaa!!!”
The remaining two were also mercilessly killed by the orcs. Their corpses rolled across the cold floor in pieces.
…
“…Not joining was the correct answer.”
Patrick wiped the sweat from his forehead. The other members of the party each nodded their heads with stiff faces.
“Damn it, what are those bastards?”
“Isn’t that an orc?”
“Where do you see that being an orc?”
Belita shook her head in disgust.
Hearing the screams, we ran and witnessed a party being annihilated by the Orcs. Those orcs, unlike normal orcs, had black skin.
“Hey, did you see it before? His belly skin.”
“Uh. Saw.”
“Damn, not some kind of troll.”
The difference between those Orcs and normal Orcs wasn’t just their skin.
Their cuts and wounds healed on their own. It was as fast as spraying a potion.
“Hey, what now?”
Said Joey with trembling eyes in Andrew’s arms. Belita untied her arms and tousled her hair.
“You have to go upstairs. Is there any other way?”
“But what if there are orcs upstairs too? Uh, maybe not all the adventurers were also affected?”
Joey’s words darkened the faces of the other party members.
“There will be no way.”
I dismissed her, their anxiety. The eyes of the party members focused on me.
“I don’t know about other people, but the silver rank is an exceptionally strong person. There is not one such person, but three. There’s no way I’ll be defeated by orcs.”
“Can you guess?”
“Yes. Didn’t you see Orca-sama’s lightning bolt? It won’t be a problem for him.”
I nodded her head without hesitation at Joy’s anxious voice. Even the Orca from when I went to Julius’s ruins would be enough to deal with the Orcs. But now he took the elixir and became stronger.
There would be no way to be pushed back by mutant orcs.
“I see…”
Joey’s expression improved. Same goes for other party members.
‘The real problem isn’t that.’
There was no way the upper layer would be penetrated by the Orcs.
That doesn’t mean we’re safe now. It was true that orcs roamed the lower floors.
I thought of the orcs who had annihilated a party earlier.
What if they and our party fight?
Maybe you can win
It’s because one of the party members could be seriously injured or killed.
In addition, I guess from their conversations, they are not all the orcs roaming the lower floors. If you face other orcs in a situation where the party has suffered damage, then there is really no answer.
‘As expected, it’s best to go upstairs without encountering orcs.’
After talking with the party members, I decided on the policy. I led the way and the other party members followed. I used the Wolf’s Pact to watch the orcs and headed for the stairs we came down.
Orcs lay in front of the stairs.
“Hey, what now? Andrew… What should we do now?”
“It’s okay Joey. I will protect you no matter what.”
“Andrew…”
“Are you guys getting that shit even in this fucking situation? Uncle, how about that? Will you break through?”
“Keep… I’m not good at judging either.”
The party members exchanged opinions among themselves. Seris and Kara quietly waited for me to speak. I thought about the future while thanking the girls for their trust in me.
‘Five orcs blocking the way…’
It’s an ambiguous number.
You may be able to break through, but as I said before, some of the party members will be seriously injured. Climbing the stairs would be slow, and if other orcs were chasing them, there would be a situation where they would have to abandon them.
And what gets thrown away might be Seris or Kara.
I didn’t want to take that risk. I could do it, but I wanted to choose another alternative.
I opened my mouth.
“Let’s find another entrance.”
The eyes of the party members focused on me. Patrick asked.
“If it’s another entrance… You’re talking about where the other parties came down?”
“Yes.”
“Then that should be nice… Do you know where it is?”
“A rough feeling comes. I have the confidence to move without being noticed by the orcs.”
“Okay. Then move on.”
* * *
“Aagh!”
The orange-haired adventurer grabbed him by the shoulder and let out a scream. His shoulder, where the ax was deeply embedded, swayed, showing flesh.
“Did you think I wouldn’t know pretending to be dead?”
“Ah! Aaaaa!!!”
“Noisy.”
Yariak pulled out the ax he had taken and swung it wide. The neck, without its owner, rolled on the floor. Yariak swung his ax hard into the air. Blood from the ax spattered on the floor.
“The chieftain has all been dealt with.”
Yariak of Tokunkap’s voice turned his head. His eyes caught the heads of Tokunkap and his other brethren, the people rolling on the floor. A satisfied smile bloomed on his face.
He put his hand on Tokunkap’s shoulder.
“It was a lot of work. Go catch the next humans.”
“The corpses?”
“Leave it alone. They do not deserve to be embraced by their mother.”
“…I get it.”
After clearing up the second group of humans, Yaryak and his brothers set out to find the next group of humans.
However, even after searching for it all day, there was not even a human shadow to be found.
“Chief, something is strange.”
“I think so too, Tokun Cop.”
The lower level of the dungeon is wide, but it is a limited space after all. In addition, the Orcs know the structure of the lower tier. If they had been around all day, I should have looked for traces, if nothing else.
That I couldn’t…
“It seems that there are good hunters among humans.”
It is the story of knowing about the existence of the orcs and intentionally avoiding them.
“Fun.”
Yaryak grinned.
Orcs grow up watching their father’s back during their childhood. Learn over your shoulder how to follow the trail of wild animals, outwit them or fight them head-on.
And on the day they become adults, they hunt wild animals alone and are recognized by the tribesmen.
If the prey is small and weak, it is ignored, and if it is big and strong, it is recognized as a strong warrior. For this reason, it was not uncommon for them to die while hunting strong animals.
So, Orcs had no choice but to be natural hunters.
Yaryak’s hunter’s soul caught fire.
“I’ll play with you once.”
I’ll find it for you at least until tomorrow. Yaryak quickened his steps.
* * *
Four days had passed since I came downstairs.
The second entrance I found on the second day was blocked by orcs. So now we were looking for the third entrance…
“Damn, you got stuck again. Aren’t those bastards fed up?”
The third time, as expected, the Orcs were blocking it.
I hoped that we might have gone to the upper floor while we were moving… But it was just a vain hope.
Judging by their behavior, they probably didn’t intend to move until they caught us all.
“Now I really have no choice but to break through.”
I grabbed my dagger…
‘Where did you go? I’m sure it’s full here… Oh, here it is.’
I had it right next to me. I rubbed my eyelids. It wasn’t that it wasn’t, but it was so dark that it was blurry.
However, rubbing my eyes opened my vision for a moment, but it soon became dim again.
What is it and why?
“Yoosung, are you okay? My eyes are red…”
Seris took my hand and asked anxiously.
I said with a small smile.
“I’m okay. It’s just that I’m a little tired.”
“It sucks a little bit.”
This time it was Belita.
She frowned at what she didn’t like so much.
“You don’t look okay at all, so stop talking nonsense and rest.”
“No, it’s really okay.”
“Look at you and talk.”
Belita drew her sword and thrust it in front of me. My face was reflected on the black surface. The dark circles in her eyes are bloodshot, and the corners of her eyes and mouth are droopy. It is the face of a dying person.
‘…I did overdo it.’
For the past four days, I couldn’t break the wolf’s oath because I was avoiding the orcs. I always had to keep my senses sharp, and I only slept lightly…
The grip on my sleeve got stronger.
It was Seris and Kara.
They looked at me with worry in their eyes. Even so, he kept his mouth shut to show that he respected my opinion.
I sighed and raised both hands.
“Okay, I’ll rest for a bit. To be honest, it was a bit difficult.”
Only then did Seris and Kara’s expressions brighten. I stroked their hair briefly and leaned against the wall. It was an instant to close my eyes and fall asleep.
-Mr. Yooseong, Ms. Yooseong!!
I opened my eyes to the voice of Seris.
I could see a sea of fire all around us. At the center of it all was Belita with a troubled expression.
…?
What.
